The Whitewater Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in Fayette, Franklin, Union, and later Henry and Wayne counties in East Central Indiana. The conference was founded in 1940 as a merger of the Franklin County Conference and Union County Conference, though because two of the FCC schools were not able to play a full conference schedule in the 1940–41 school year, two Fayette County Conference schools were added. The conference's last season was in 1967–68, as the consolidation wave of the 1950s and 1960s would leave the conference with three schools and no suitable replacements in the area, as Lewisville and Straughn became part of Tri in 1968. College Corner, whose location on the border of Indiana and Ohio allowed them to play in both the WVC and the Preble County League in Ohio, would continue to play in the PCL until joining with Short in Liberty to form Union County High School in 1974. Whitewater Township would merge into Brookville that same year. Laurel struggled on as an independent for two decades, as they were too far from the two conferences in the general region that featured schools of a similar size and sports offering, the Mid-Hoosier and Ohio River Valley conferences. The school eventually consolidated with Brookville to form Franklin County High School in 1989.
Membership School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Alquina1 Alquina Blue Arrows 21 Fayette 1940 Fayette County 1966 none (consolidated into Connersville) Brookville2 Brookville Greyhounds 24 Franklin 1940 Franklin County/Southeastern Indiana 1947 East Central Brownsville Brownsville Lions 81 Union 1940 Union County 1961 none (consolidated into Liberty) College Corner3 College Corner Trojans 81 Union 1940 Preble County (OH)/Union County 1968 Preble County (OH) Harrisburg1 Harrisburg Hornets 21 Fayette 1940 Fayette County 1958 none (consolidated into Fayette Central) Kitchel Kitchel Cowboys 81 Union 1940 Union County 1961 none (consolidated into Liberty) Liberty4 Liberty Lancers 81 Union 1940 Union County 1962 Tri-Eastern Springfield Township2 Mount Carmel Cardinals 24 Franklin 1940 Union County 1961 none (consolidated into Whitewater Township) Laurel Laurel Panthers 24 Franklin 1941 Franklin County 1968 Independents(closed 1989) Whitewater Township Rockdale Elkhorns 24 Franklin 1941 Franklin County 1968 Independents(closed 1974) Fayette Central Harrisburg Chiefs 21 Fayette 1958 none (new school) 1966 none (consolidated into Connersville) Milton Milton Sharpshooters 89 Wayne 1962 Wayne County 1965 none (consolidated into Lincoln) Webster-Williamsburg Williamsburg Yellow Jackets 89 Wayne 1964 none (new school) 1967 none (consolidated into Northeastern) Whitewater-Fountain City Fountain City Bearcats 89 Wayne 1964 none (new school) 1967 none (consolidated into Northeastern) Straughn Straughn Indians 33 Henry 1966 Henry County 1968 none (consolidatedinto Tri) Lewisville Lewisville Bears 33 Henry 1967 Henry County 1968 none (consolidatedinto Tri)
Alquina and Harrisburg played concurrently in the WVC and FCC 1940–58. Brookville and Springfield Township played concurrently in the WVC and FCC 1940–41. College Corner played in both the WVC and Ohio's Preble County League throughout the WVC's existence. When the WVC folded, they remained in the PCL until consolidating into Union County in 1974. Liberty played concurrently in the WVC and the ECC from 1947 to 1962.
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